Comments on: 2023-24 Game Thread: Knicks @ Bucks, #3 Seed In Play Opener, which is still a thing

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:50:52 +0000

I couldn’t watch the second half and I missed a nice half.

Yeah, me neither. 🙁 But the team managed to put up a fight and win the game, they don’t cease to amaze us. 🙂 For those who watched the full game, can we still dream about the ECF? I thought with Randle down, we’d get to the 2nd round at best.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 06:06:28 +0000

I think the two seed is a trap. It is very unlikely that Philly can pass either Indiana or Cleveland so they are pretty much locked into the play-in. So most likely the two seed gets Philly. That is almost a worse case scenario.

Still a nice win.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:23:42 +0000

Somehow I doubt Boston is thinking about how they don’t want to meet us in the second round and thus are very unlikely to rest players against us. This is especially so because the second part of their back to back is Charlotte, who they should take care of no matter who is resting.

By: Director NYC

Director NYC — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:21:25 +0000

The ideal scenario from NYK POV:

1 Celtics
2 Magic
3 Knicks
4 Bucks
5 Pacers
6 Cavs
7 Sixers
8 Heat

By: geo

geo — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:05:39 +0000

oh man, i forgot my hyphen…re-sign, re-sign, re-sign, re-sign…

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:50:03 +0000

Question: If we clinch the 6 seed in the next 2 games, (one win would do it) do we rest guys in the B2B? Obviously Thibs won’t, and I probably wouldn’t either, but it’s not a terrible idea…

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:13:47 +0000

Update on magic numbers barring 3-way tie [(—) owns the tiebreaker]:
Knicks: @CHI, @BOS, BKN, CHI
Bucks (MIL): 6 BOS, ORL, @OKC, @ORL
Magic (ORL): 5 @HOU, @MIL, @PHI, MIL
Cavs (NYK): 3 MEM, IND, CHA
Pacers (IND): 3 @TOR, @CLE, ATL
Heat (NYK): 1 @ATL, DAL, TOR, TOR
Sixers(NYK): 1 DET, ORL, BKN

We probably have to win 3 games to get the 3 spot. It would probably help if one of ORL or MIL won both games, minimizing the 3-way tie chances.

Those IST games looming large…

By: geo

geo — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:11:43 +0000

Would you rather have OG or Mikal Bridges?

it’s hard to do what OG does at that size…

however – you can pencil mikal into the lineup – pretty much every game…and he’s very good defensively…plus the nova corps thing, there’s like multiplicative effect stuff going on…

obviously we’re all wishing for OG to resign (hopefully like 35 million or so per season), and to keep isaiah…

i think OG is much better suited as the small forward…funny, josh’s rebounding helps balance things out…still, i’d prefer OG at the small forward…

OG is a rare bird…i’d pick him…not as a power forward though…

if i had to choose: OG at the 4 or mikal at the 2…mikal maybe…

it would break my heart though if thibs figured out a way to break mikal…

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:02:47 +0000

That’s not really our main flaw, though. Our main flaw is the lack of a secondary scorer, and that’s significantly harder to manage in the playoffs. Brunson’s gonna get trapped a lot.

That’s more or less the reason I’ve already written this season off. With Randle, OG, and Mitch healthy we had a chance to make some real noise and maybe even get to the Finals. But we can’t count on DDV as a second option every night or Brunson to carry this team alone against the kind of defense he’s going to see.

We also don’t have the kind of young talent I’d like to see develop in the playoffs other than maybe Deuce. So I’m not really sure what to root for. Maybe we can hope Bojan looks really good so when we trade him he’s perceived to still have value despite his age given the expiring contract too.

Still, I think this was a successful season in that Brunson, I-Hart and Deuce improved further and DDV made a surprisingly significant jump up. OG looks like he’ll be a perfect fit. I think they know what they need in the off season.

In the meantime, we’ll get to watch a tough team with no quit battle in the playoffs and get some more seasoning for what could be a very serious run next year.

By: Rough

Rough — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 03:50:05 +0000

Winner mentality is the greatest asset of this this roster. They believe they can beat anyone. We have an all-NBA player in Brunson. The Nova gang has won at the college level. They have a winning coach who is always prepared and capable of making the right adjustments. The entire team has 100% bought in. They can play great defense. They will never, never, never lay down and will put it all out on the floor in order to find a way to win.

This is not to say that they are unbeatable. Realistically speaking, we are probably a second round out, mostly because we don’t have down-low strength when the 3s are not falling. Randle is unreplaceable in this respect. However, nobody wants to face us in the playoffs, and no one can definitely say how far this team can go.